Why I Didn't Finish "Another Little Piece"

This will be a rare entry because I'm reviewing a book that I haven't actually read in its entirety. However, I felt the need to blog about it because 1. I don't want my readers to think I've fallen off the face of the earth or stopped reading haha and 2. This entry may intrigue some of you enough to read this book, or warn others of you not to!

The book in question is Another Little Piece by Kate Karyus Quinn. I can't remember why I picked out this book to read to be honest! I believe I saw it on a Buzzfeed Books YA list or something, and it looked interesting, but I had no idea what I was in for. I knew it would be a mysterious book about a girl who couldn't remember her past but that was about it. I think that had I read a summary, such as the one below from Amazon.com, I would have been better prepared for the dark plot.

Amazon's summary: "The spine-tingling horror of Stephen King meets an eerie mystery worthy of Sara Shepard's Pretty Little Liars series in Kate Karyus Quinn's haunting debut.On a cool autumn night, Annaliese Rose Gordon stumbled out of the woods and into a high school party. She was screaming. Drenched in blood. Then she vanished.A year later, Annaliese is found wandering down a road hundreds of miles away. She doesn't know who she is. She doesn't know how she got there. She only knows one thing: She is not the real Annaliese Rose Gordon. Now Annaliese is haunted by strange visions and broken memories. Memories of a reckless, desperate wish . . . a bloody razor . . . and the faces of other girls who disappeared. Piece by piece, Annaliese's fractured memories come together to reveal a violent, endless cycle that she will never escape—unless she can unlock the twisted secrets of her past."

This may, in fact, intrigue some of you who are fans of Steven King or similar. I was at first interested in the dark plot and original ideas. However, I decided to give up about halfway through, after becoming too disturbed by some of the darkness and having wacky dreams all night. I did look up the ending to satisfy my curiosity, and I think that if you are interested in dark, twisted stories, you will enjoy the book. It was just too much for me, but I figured I'd pass this review along to inform any of you who may be interested in the book or have come across it.

I've begun reading another book and will blog my review as soon as I'm done! Until then, happy reading!